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International Day Against Homophobia Celebrated With Dance Performance in Central Yerevan (Video)
Love is unprotected on a street,
love is fragile at home,
when there is no love.Read More »
Farmers Block School Entrance in Armenian Village Over Unfulfilled Promises of Local Winery
Everyone has gathered in the village – the police, the authorities – and everyone has promised that the issue would be resolved. But we pledge that we'll block the school entrance on the Last Bell...Read More »
LGBT People Suffer Widespread Harassment, Discrimination in Armenia, Report Says
Gay and transgender individuals continued to face widespread discrimination in the army, in prisons, and police stations, the report stated. Studies show that LGBT people in these institutions are forced into the...Read More »
Cheap Turkish Tomatoes ‘Deal Crushing Blow’ to Armenian Produce: Press
According to some reports, Haykakan Zhamanak continues, the imported tomatoes were not even cleared through customs since the clearance of 15 trucks of tomatoes would have cost the importers about ...Read More »
Armenia, Azerbaijan Agree to Respect Ceasefire Agreement, Plan to Resume Peace Process
Sargsyan and Aliyev, it says, have also agreed on a “next round of talks, to be held in June at a place to be mutually agreed, with an aim to resuming negotiations on a comprehensive settlement....Read More »
Ministry Tells 82-Year-Old Retired Military Pilot to Pay Back Part of Pension
“They started to terrorize my father on the phone, saying that he should return [a portion of] the pension back. My father replied that he had no way to return the money, and that it was not his fault he had ...Read More »
Armenian Parliament Won’t Consider Nagorno-Karabakh Recognition
The bill was not backed by National Assembly's Foreign Relations Committee either, with the majority of the committee – 6 lawmakers - failing earlier this morning to take part in the voting. The bill received a single positive...Read More »
Appeal Court Gives Yerevan Resident Two Months to Move Out
“If the issue is not resolved, as many as 20 families will have to take self-defense measures; we will not leave our apartments,” Geravetyan told Epress.am after the court hearing...Read More »
Femicides Mostly Go Unpunished in Armenia, Report Says
The Armenian political authorities have on several occasions rejected draft laws on domestic violence initiated by the country's women's rights organizations, and the authors say that Armenia's authority...Read More »
Prison Authorities ‘Plan Provocations’ Against Hunger-Striking Inmate, Human Rights Activists Claim
Helsinki Association representative Arman Veziryan told Epress.am that on Wednesday evening two other prisoners were transferred to Gevorgyan's cell, after which there was a fire in the cell, followed quickly by...Read More »